| The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype NH Putnam, T Butts, DEK Ferrier, RF Furlong, U Hellsten, T Kawashima, ... Nature 453 (7198), 1064-1071, 2008 | 1730 | 2008 |
| The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology LZ Holland, R Albalat, K Azumi, È Benito-Gutiérrez, MJ Blow, ... Genome research 18 (7), 1100-1111, 2008 | 566 | 2008 |
| Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution O Simakov, F Marlétaz, JX Yue, B O’Connell, J Jenkins, A Brandt, R Calef, ... Nature ecology & evolution 4 (6), 820-830, 2020 | 308 | 2020 |
| Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins O Simakov, T Kawashima, F Marlétaz, J Jenkins, R Koyanagi, T Mitros, ... Nature 527 (7579), 459-465, 2015 | 264 | 2015 |
| Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation F Marlétaz, PN Firbas, I Maeso, JJ Tena, O Bogdanovic, M Perry, ... Nature 564 (7734), 64-70, 2018 | 258 | 2018 |
| Axial patterning in cephalochordates and the evolution of the organizer JK Yu, Y Satou, ND Holland, T Shin-I, Y Kohara, N Satoh, ... Nature 445 (7128), 613-617, 2007 | 249 | 2007 |
| Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: a single origin? LZ Holland, JE Carvalho, H Escriva, V Laudet, M Schubert, SM Shimeld, ... EvoDevo 4, 1-20, 2013 | 193 | 2013 |
| Evolution of genetic networks underlying the emergence of thymopoiesis in vertebrates B Bajoghli, N Aghaallaei, I Hess, I Rode, N Netuschil, BH Tay, ... Cell 138 (1), 186-197, 2009 | 186 | 2009 |
| Insights from the amphioxus genome on the origin of vertebrate neural crest JK Yu, D Meulemans, SJ McKeown, M Bronner-Fraser Genome research 18 (7), 1127-1132, 2008 | 164 | 2008 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of the Fox (Forkhead) gene family in the Bilateria F Mazet, JK Yu, DA Liberles, LZ Holland, SM Shimeld Gene 316, 79-89, 2003 | 145 | 2003 |
| Retinoic acid signaling acts via Hox1 to establish the posterior limit of the pharynx in the chordate amphioxus M Schubert, JK Yu, ND Holland, H Escriva, V Laudet, LZ Holland Oxford University Press for The Company of Biologists Limited 132 (1), 61-73, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| Evolution of the new vertebrate head by co-option of an ancient chordate skeletal tissue D Jandzik, AT Garnett, TA Square, MV Cattell, JK Yu, DM Medeiros Nature 518 (7540), 534-537, 2015 | 105 | 2015 |
| Universal primers for amplification of mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA-encoding gene in scleractinian corals CA Chen, JK Yu Marine Biotechnology 2, 146-153, 2000 | 102 | 2000 |
| An amphioxus nodal gene (AmphiNodal ) with early symmetrical expression in the organizer and mesoderm and later asymmetrical expression associated with … JK Yu, LZ Holland, ND Holland Evolution & development 4 (6), 418-425, 2002 | 98 | 2002 |
| Constrained vertebrate evolution by pleiotropic genes H Hu, M Uesaka, S Guo, K Shimai, TM Lu, F Li, S Fujimoto, M Ishikawa, ... Nature ecology & evolution 1 (11), 1722-1730, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Opposing Nodal/Vg1 and BMP signals mediate axial patterning in embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus T Onai, JK Yu, IL Blitz, KWY Cho, LZ Holland Developmental Biology 344 (1), 377-389, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| An amphioxus winged helix/forkhead gene, AmphiFoxD: Insights into vertebrate neural crest evolution JK Yu, ND Holland, LZ Holland Developmental dynamics: an official publication of the American Association …, 2002 | 89 | 2002 |
| Asymmetric localization of germline markers Vasa and Nanos during early development in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae HR Wu, YT Chen, YH Su, YJ Luo, LZ Holland, JK Yu Developmental Biology 353 (1), 147-159, 2011 | 80 | 2011 |
| BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons: insights into the evolution of the peripheral sensory system TM Lu, YJ Luo, JK Yu Development 139 (11), 2020-2030, 2012 | 76 | 2012 |
| Chitin-based barrier immunity and its loss predated mucus-colonization by indigenous gut microbiota K Nakashima, S Kimura, Y Ogawa, S Watanabe, S Soma, T Kaneko, ... Nature communications 9 (1), 3402, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
